- F)6 — 



pulcherrirae orData, aterrima vel rarius fusco-olivacea, 

 concolor vel vario modo picta (pictura saepius obsolete 

 translucenti : punctis uumerosis nigris in seriebus traus- 

 versalibus positis, vel maculis pallide flavis introrsum 

 acutis retrorsum uigro-marginatis, vel uigro-pnnctata 

 et nigro-rhomboideo-reticulata, vel maculis pallide fla- 

 vis forma variis etc.); spira prominula, semper fere erosa; 

 anfr. ult. ad sutnrani forte depressus, subconcavus; su- 

 tura appressa, aiitice subadscendens ; apertura intus 

 coerulescens, margine supero acutangule appresso, ex- 

 terno paullo arcuato, infero magis arcnato, columellari 

 leviter sinuoso, supra et infra sinum obtuse denticulato, 

 supra medium dente majore; area columellaris griseo fla- 

 vescens, subtiliter coriaceo rugulosa et foveolata, superne 

 plaga brunnea, nitida, punctata, distincte terminata. — 

 Long. (spec. max.) 21, lat, 15, alt. 12; margo colum, 

 12 mm. 

 Japan, Enosliima in Nipon et Mizu in Kiusiu. 



Assiminea castanea n. 



Testa imperforata, pyramidali-conica, solida, castanea, niti- 

 dissima, striatula, spiraliter lineata, spira acuta; anfr. 7, 

 convexiusculi, sutura tenui disjuncti, ultimus obsolete 

 angulatus, basi convexus, dimidiam longitudinis testae 

 fere occupans ; apertura piriformis, superne acuta, pa- 

 riete stricto ; peristoraa rectum, margine basali arcuato, 

 columellari paullo incrassato, superue reflexo. — Long. 5, 

 diam. ad basin 2^1^ mm. 



Japan, Yokohama. 



Melania niponica E. Smith 

 var. decipiens n. 

 Testa subulate-conica, aufr. summo tantum decollata, pal- 

 lida, olivaceo-flavescens; aufr. reliqui 7 — 8, fere plaiii, 

 '^"'- sutura simplici sejuncti. costis lougitudinalibus crassis. 



